It's Official Rare Bear Has New Home

[AAFO_WSagar]

Just reported here and at rarebear.com... Lyle Shelton's Rare Bear has a new owner...

Before anyone goes off any deep ends.. this is GOOD NEWS!

Story here (linked on front page of site) and at rarebear.com

[bearfan]

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WOW..we all knew it was coming but it still sounds weird...Here's to many new wins and maybe the three blade???

Thank you Lyle and everyone involved for so long bringing us the most beautiful plane in the sky

[King]

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[EastCoastFan]

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The new owner, Rodney Lewis.....would that be the same as the head of Lewis Energy in San Antonio,TX????

[Victor Archer]

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What about the crew, future pilot/s and the (re)location of the Bear?


Oh Yeah, and what about that three blade prop. Seems to me you can't really have Thunder Over Reno without it!!!

[AAFO_WSagar]

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What about the crew, future pilot/s and the (re)location of the Bear?


Oh Yeah, and what about that three blade prop. Seems to me you can't really have Thunder Over Reno without it!!!

I don't think anyone knows any more than what was in the release today.. Nothing FIRM anyway....

LOTS of speculation will fill this thread I suspect!

Let's see... *someone* close to the Rare Bear said this to me yesterday... "I can give you the exact date when we will know everything..... October first, 2007!"



One thing for sure though... This team has not had proper financing for MANY years. One can only imagine what they might be able to pull off with said funding!

Methinks that boots will be strapped on very tightly in 2007!

Hummn... West Memphis 2007??

Will that be the first showing?

So many questions....

So few answers!!

[BellCobraIV]

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Luxor, Egypt 1923,
Carter says



"For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things.' Then widening the hole a little further, so that we both could see, we inserted an electric torch.""

[ignomini]

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Oh man, no more Fansponsor barbeque. That was the only reason I went to Reno.

Lyle, if you're reading this I just want to say thanks for all the pain and effort you've sunk in the Bear. We appreciate it more than we can ever say.

To the new owner, congratulations and go get 'em!

[speeddemon]

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Luxor, Egypt 1923,
Carter says



"For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things.' Then widening the hole a little further, so that we both could see, we inserted an electric torch.""

So does it make me even more of a dork that I know that was what was said when they first opened Tut's tomb?

[BellCobraIV]

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So does it make me even more of a dork that I know that was what was said when they first opened Tut's tomb?

From one geek to another, you get the I owe you a beer award for this post. I was sorry to hear your cell phone dialing finger must have been hurt, call me when it gets better.

[Air Race Addict]

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So does it make me even more of a dork that I know that was what was said when they first opened Tut's tomb?

Must make me a dork too. Maybe a double dork? I knew exactly what he was talking about as well.

[speeddemon]

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From one geek to another, you get the I owe you a beer award for this post. I was sorry to hear your cell phone dialing finger must have been hurt, call me when it gets better.

Okay.....(hanging his head.....)

I'm sure it will feel better tonight.

[speeddemon]

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Must make me a dork too. Maybe a double dork? I knew exactly what he was talking about as well.

Dork.

[Victor Archer]

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Oh man, Randy told me it was a line fom some porn movie....

[W J Pearce]

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Must make me a dork too. Maybe a double dork? I knew exactly what he was talking about as well.

I got it here too. Maybe it's more well known than you thought. Or perhaps we are dorkier than I thought.....

Rare Bear is a phenomenal aircraft and I thank all who have spent the years making it the baddest bear on the planet, not to mention officially the fastest piston power a/c in the world. Standing by for a glimpse at the wonderful things.... (Rare Bear, not Victor's Alien Porn. Although.....)